Recently one of my Mentoring students, Anna Marie Hrivnak, wrote this in her journal. She has been struggling with a very strong Inner Critic and when she read this to me, I was surprised and thrilled. It is a powerful piece of writing and a beautiful embrace of writer within her. I am posting it with her permission. Please feel free to click "comment" and share how this impacts you. How do I feel about writing? I find myself drawn to and at the same time resistant. Why? Because I feel I have nothing new to say, or that I say the same thing over and over. However, when I go back to my writings, I am often surprised to see that this is not true. When I go back to my writings, I see an insight or kernel of truth I did not totally recognize when I wrote it. So, is that the magic with writing? To allow the unconscious mind the opportunity to “speak” and quiet the conscious brain from evaluating what is important and what is not? The process or being present for the magic or healing to take place is the ingredient that I now see I am being invited to accept. It’s like a soft whisper, “Come, sit, allow, let flow and the unseen power alive in you will whisper, from the ancient sources, the wisdom that is yours forever. Come embrace that which is your connection to the eternal.” Trust, that’s what I realize I need to hold dearly. To trust the unseen magical vibrancy to surge forth from and thru me when I ‘show up’ to the feelings and emotions flowing in me at any given time. Belief, to know, without any doubts, that the open connection to source will flow and bring clarity on a level that yearns for the answers. Conviction, which stems from an appreciation to the fact that I have been given this gift of life and I am blessed to have the opportunity to have a chance to share “me.” The Inner Critic is terrified of the creative unconscious because it's the home of emotions and images. It's chaotic and unexpected. The Inner Critic likes order and loves the status quo, which is antithetical to the creative unconscious. That's why if you "fall down the rabbit hole" the Inner Critic won't follow you! Free of the Inner Critic, you have the possibility of experiencing real creative freedom and passionate stories awaits you. Only then can the true dance begin! |
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